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Tag archive for ‘Kyril Denyakin’

  • Media Sensationalization or Damning Evidence?

    A local Virginian paper has an update on the death of Kyril Denyakin, including some questionable posts on Facebook by the officer who shot Denyakin. While the name of the officer hasn’t been released officially, the Virginian Pilot article identifies him as Officer Stephen D. Rankin. I believe I saw earlier reports indicating the officer […]

  • Letter to Obama From Kazakhstan

    Activists marched to the US Embassy in Almaty the other day, and delivered a letter to President Obama demanding an investigation into the death of Kyril Denyakin. Denyakin was shot by a police officer answering a 911 call. The officer fired when, allegedly, Denyakin did not respond to commands and moved toward the officer in […]